Project Owner: Woodside Energy Limited
Project Value: $35 Billion
Project Status: Front End Engineering and Design
Location: WA, Australia

Associated Projects:
Browse LNG Development
   - Browse Upstream - Aker Solutions
   - BROWSE UPSTREAM – CPF ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACTOR (FLUOR)
   - Browse LNG Downstream - KLH
   - Browse LNG Downstream - CJV

SUPPLIER OPPORTUNITIES will be listed under each contractor. Please open each contractors listing under Associated project above.

Woodside is the major equity holder and Operator of the proposed Browse LNG Development, which is an important part of Woodside's LNG production growth plans. Browse also represents substantial opportunities for economic and social development in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

The Browse Joint Venture consists of Woodside, Shell Development Australia,  BP Developments Australia, BHP Billiton Petroleum (North West Shelf) and Chevron Australia.

The Browse LNG Development concept is to commercialise the Browse Joint Venture's three gas and condensate fields, Brecknock, Calliance and Torosa, located approximately 425 km north-west of Broome, Western Australia, in an area known as the Browse Basin. Gas and liquids from these fields will be brought to an onshore 12mtpa LNG plant at the Western Australian Government's proposed Browse LNG Precinct, near James Price Point, 60 km north of Broome.

The Browse LNG Development's three fields contain a combined contingent resource of approximately 15.5 tcf of dry gas and 417 million barrels of condensate. 

Current project activity

Woodside continues to make good progress against its development timetable for the proposed Browse LNG Development.

We are close to finalising the environmental and engineering studies we have been working on since early 2011. We are now in the process of receiving and evaluating bids from contractors for the supply and installation of equipment, and construction of the production and processing facilities and support infrastructure.

We expect to receive all of these bids by the end of June 2012, and evaluate them in the second half of this year.

In April, the State and Commonwealth Governments approved amendments to the Browse Basin retention leases, which include extending the timetable for readiness for a final investment decision to the first half of 2013. The variation will allow us time to better evaluate the outcomes of front-end engineering and design work, and the results of the tender processes for the development’s major contracts.

The revised timetable will also allow more time to complete necessary assurance activities, and means we can complete a thorough analysis of our preferred option for the proposed development at the Browse LNG Precinct in the Kimberley."

BROWSE UPSTREAM

Upstream facilities
• Two deepwater tension leg platforms in approximately 500-700 m of water
• Central gas processing and compression facility in approximately 100 m of water
• 326 km of interfield pipelines
• 930 km of export pipelines

Dry Tree Units
One Dry Tree Unit (DTU) is located over each of the core areas of the Calliance and Brecknock fields and will be configured as a Tension Leg Platform (TLP).

We are currently reviewing and evaluating contractor bids for this scope of work, with award due in 2H 2012.

Contractors:
• Modec
• Aker Solutions

Central Processing Facility (CPF)
Fluor Corporation has completed the FEED scope for the CPF.
We are currently reviewing and evaluating contractor bids for this scope of work, with award due in 2H 2012.

Subsea and Pipelines
JP Kenny has completed the FEED scope for the subsea pipelines.
We are currently reviewing and evaluating contractor bids for this scope of work, with award due in 2H 2012

BROWSE DOWNSTREAM

Downstream facilities
• 12mtpa, three train LNG plant and associated utilities
• Condensate facilities
• Integrated port, shipping and LNG and condensate loading facilities
• LNG and condensate storage
• Accommodation facilities for up to 6000 people

Contractors
Downstream dual FEED contractors:

• CJV (Chiyoda Corporation, CB&I and Saipem S.p.A)
• KLH JV (Kellogg Brown and Root, Leighton Contractors and John Holland)

EPC bids for the downstream project are due to be received by Woodside at the end of the June 2012. The contracting strategy is to select one of the existing FEED contractors to execute the full downstream scope under a single EPC contract. The EPC contract will be comprised of fixed costs where the risks can be reasonably quantified by the contractor.